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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Assessment of fetal autonomic nervous system activity by fetal magnetocardiography: Comparison of normal pregnancy and intrauterine growth restriction

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17591753
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Obstetrics and gynecology
Research InstitutionIwate Medical University

Principal Investigator

FUKUSHIMA Akimune  Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor, 医学部, 講師 (20208937)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAKAI Kenji  Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Associate Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (90146035)
HORIGOME Hitoshi  Tsukuba University, School of Medicine, Associate professor, 大学院人間総合科学研究科, 講師 (50241823)
MUROTSUKI Jun  Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Associate Professor, 医学部, 講師 (50239555)
OYAMA Rie  Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部, 助手 (20291619)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2006
KeywordsIntrauterine growth restriction / fetal magnetocardiography / heart rate variability / autonomic nervous system / 発生・分化
Research Abstract

Aim : To clarify the developmental activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) of the normal fetus and to compare developmental activity between normal pregnancy and the case of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) using fetal magnetocardiography (FMCG).
Methods : Subjects consisted of normal pregnancy (n = 35) and IUGR (n = 12) cases at 28-39 and 32-37 weeks gestation, respectively. FMCG was recorded using 64-channel magnetocardiography (MCG) in a magnetically shielded room. The QRS interval was derived from signal-averaged MCG; the R由 interval variability induced by an R-wave trigger was eventually adopted to calculate the coefficient of variance (CVRR) and low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) ratio.
Results : The value of CVRR in the normal pregnancy group displayed a slight increasing trend with gestational age (y = 1.77 + 0.10x ; r = 0.32) ; however, no such trend was observed in the IUGR group. In contrast, the LF/HF ratio in the normal pregnancy group clearly increased over the gestational period (one-way ANOVA: P = 0.003). The LF/HF ratio in the IUGR group also displayed an increasing trend over the gestational period (y = 2.47 + 0.05x ; r = 0.05).
Conclusions : Analyses based on the time and frequency domains of heart rate variability using FMCG enable the evaluation of fetal ANS activity. Sympathetic nervous activity increased with gestational age in the normal pregnancy group ; however, the development of fetal ANS activity in IUGR cases might differ from that observed in the normal pregnancy group.

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2006 2005 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 胎児心磁図により出生前診断を行った胎児心室頻拍の一例2006

    • Author(s)
      福島明宗
    • Journal Title

      日本生体磁気学会誌特別号 19・1

      Pages: 248-249

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 64チャンネル心磁計の開発と臨床応用2006

    • Author(s)
      中居 賢司, 福島 明宗
    • Journal Title

      臨床病理 58・8

      Pages: 844-849

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 心磁図を用いた胎児の心拍変動と自律神経活動の評価-正常と子宮内胎児発育遅延の比較-2005

    • Author(s)
      福島明宗
    • Journal Title

      日本生体磁気学会誌特別号 18・1

      Pages: 36-37

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Assessment of fetal autonomic nervous system activity and heart rate variability by magnetocardiography : Comparison of normal pregnancy and intrauterine growth retardation

    • Author(s)
      Akimune Fukushima, Rie Oyama, Jun Murotsuki, Toshihiko Izutsu, Toru Sugiyama, Masato Yoshizawa, Kenji Nakai
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Japan Biomagnetium and Bioelectromagnetics Society Vo1.18 No.1

      Pages: 36-37

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A case of prenatal diagnosis of fetal ventricular tachycardia by fetal magnetocardiography

    • Author(s)
      Akimune Fukushima, Kenji Nakai, Manabu Itoh, Hideaki Miyauchi, Koichiro Kobayashi, Masato Yoshizawa
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Japan Biomagnetium and Bioelectromagnetics Society Vol.19 No.1

      Pages: 248-249

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 入門 磁気活用技術2006

    • Author(s)
      能登宏七監修, (福島明宗)
    • Total Pages
      232
    • Publisher
      工業調査会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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